Friday Morning: A Quick Fill-Up On News.

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're traversing the highways and byways of this great Commonwealth today, so we're going to keep this morning's missive a touch on the brief side. Here's a quick buffet of links to go with your morning beverage.

In The Blogosphere.PAWatercooler examines the possibility of former Gov. Ed leading a takeover of the Inky; Above Average Jane on some honors bestowed on PA's community leaders; 2 Political Junkies share the thoughts of Forbes magazine on one Richard Mellon Scaife; Jon Geeting would like to know where U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent stands on contraception coverage; PoliticsPA catches us up on affairs in the 11th CD; PhillyNow is off to the CPAC conference; Dave Davies on the fury in the ranks at the Inky and Daily News over a decision to spike a story about potential buyers; Early Returns on U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle's unique idea that the public should be allowed to freely read the scientific research it pays for with its tax dollars; Daily Kos has your abbreviated pundit round-up; Stu Rothnberg on Newt's southern strategy; Andrew Sullivan on something to look forward to and DCist examines the mating habits of conservatives.

What Goes On. The Democratic attorney general candidates -- Kathleen Kane and Patrick Murphy -- debate each other during the opening night of this year's Progressive Summit in Philadelphia. You'll find them at the Arch Street United Methodist Church on Broad Street. The fun starts at 6:30 p.m.

You Say It's Your Birthday Dept. Best wishes go out this morning to reader Mindy Finn of Washington D.C. Congratulations.

On The Capitol Ideas iPod This Morning. It's Friday. Time for another Friday Playlist. Regular readers know the drill: Hit shuffle and post the first 10 results in the comments. As ever, no editing to make yourself look cooler than you actually are. We'll go first.

< strong>Friday's Finally Gratuitous Soccer Link. Tottenham Hotspur manager says he has no interest in becoming the next boss of the English National Team now that Fabio Capello has boogied back to Italy. With Spurs still very much in the Premier League hunt, that's wise.

OK. That's it for now. We'll be back as events warrant. Remember, you can get instant updates from our free-trade Twitter feed which, so far, Ed Rendell has not offered to buy.